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MetroStage at The Lyceum
Presents
A reading of Cousin Bella
by Sherman Yellen
Featuring
Adrienne Nelson and Michael Russotto
September 22 at 7pm at The Lyceum
Tickets $30
MetroStage premiered a reading of this adaptation of Sherman Yellen’s memoir, “Cousin Bella, Whore of Minsk” at the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival Labor Day, 2019. Yellen is a great storyteller and has written several memoirs about his family in New York as Russian immigrants at the turn of the century, and his “Cousin Bella” has an incredible, bordering on unbelievable, story to tell. From Minsk to Rivington Street on the Lower East Side, Bella led a complicated, yet fascinating, life. Adrienne Nelson will return as Cousin Bella, with Michael Russotto joining her on stage as Sherman. Directed by Nick Olcott who also serves as sound designer.
Sherman Yellen is an Emmy Award winning screenwriter, playwright, lycricist, and book writer of musicals. He wrote the musical Josephine Tonight about Josephine Baker that MetroStage produced in 2012.